Sociology at Dominican University

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at Dominican University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,189. Of the 547 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Dominican University in 2021, 26 of them were sociology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sociology section at the bottom of this page.

Dominican U Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Dominican U Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how Dominican U performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at Dominican U is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Sociology Schools	140
	169
	174
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	283
Best Value Sociology Schools	300

Earnings of Dominican U Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dominican U is $32,774. This is 7% higher than $30,566, which is the national average for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at Dominican U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at Dominican University.

Dominican U Sociology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Dominican U in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Dominican U since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dominican University with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dominican U also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Economics
• Political Science & Government
• Criminology

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Sociology Professors	610	$78,290
Sociologists	350	$86,280

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By HalloweenHJB under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.